Dr. Heba Elgazzar
Associate Professor
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
TEC 283.001 Fundamentals of Programming and Object-Oriented Design
TEC 287.002 Independent Study
TEC 143.001 Introduction to Computer Hardware and Client Operating Systems
TEC 151.001 Introduction To Computer Systems Technology
PhD Computer Science and Engineering
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY, USA
MS Computer Science
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY, USA
BS Electrical Engineering
Zagazig University
Zagazig, Egypt
IEEE Senior Member in April 2024
IEEE
2024
Best Paper Award
13th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (IEEE CCWC 23)
2023
Best Paper Award
12th IEEE World AI IoT Conference (IEEE AIIoT 2022)
2022
The 2022 Dean’s Citation for Excellence in Research Award,
College of Business and technology, Morehead State University
2022
The Outstanding Teaching Award
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Morehead State University
2013
Who’s Who Among Students in American
2006
Invited Member, Golden Key International Honor Society
Golden Key International Honor Society
2005
Book, Chapter
Activity Recognition for Elderly using Machine Learning Algorithms
Heba Elgazzar.
(2021), Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Applied Cognitive Computing, Transactions on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence book series, pp. 277-295, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-70296-0_22, Springer
Content-Based Image Retrieval using Deep Learning
Tristan Jordan, Heba Elgazzar.
(2021), Advances in Data Science and Information Engineering, Transactions on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence book series, Springer, Advances in Data Science and Information Engineering, Transactions on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence book series, Springer, pp. 771-785, October 2021. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71704-9_56
Conference Proceeding
A System for Real-Time Classification of Phishing Emails using Large Language Models (LLMs) with Natural Language Processing (NLP)
James Frazier, Heba Elgazzar.
IEEE UEMCON 2025, Page(s):0486 - 0491, (2025), https://doi.org/10.1109/UEMCON67449.2025.11267684
Utilization of Large Language Model-based Embeddings for Recommendation Systems
Aiden Bosela, Heba Elgazzar.
IEEE UEMCON 2025, Page(s):0533 - 0539, (2025), https://doi.org/10.1109/UEMCON67449.2025.11267694
Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety at Intersections Using YOLOv8 Detection
Mann Patel, Heba Elgazzar.
the 15th IEEE Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (IEEE UEMCON 2024), pp. 426-430, (2024), DOI: 10.1109/UEMCON62879.2024.10754669
Classification of Road Objects using Convolutional Neural Networks
Mann Patel, Heba Elgazzar.
the 13th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (IEEE CCWC 2023), pp. 326-332, (2023), DOI: 10.1109/CCWC57344.2023.10099093
Machine Learning Based Pedestrian Detection and Tracking for Autonomous Vehicles
Tyler Ward, Sherif Rashad, Heba Elgazzar.
The 13th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), pp. 1294-1299, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1109/CCWC57344.2023.10099089
Classification of Stroke Victims Through Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms and Ensemble Learning
Dalton Hensley, Heba Elgazzar.
the 12th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference, (2022)
Predicting Cryptocurrency Price Change Direction from Supply-Side Factors via Machine Learning Methods
David Mayo, Heba Elgazzar.
The 12th IEEE World AI IoT Congress, (2022)
Predicting COVID-19 Infection Groups using Social Networks and Machine Learning Algorithms
Kyle Spurlock, Heba Elgazzar.
IEEE UEMCON 2020, (2020)
Stock Market Prediction using Text-based Machine Learning
Tristan Jordan, Heba Elgazzar.
IEEE IEMTRONICS, (2020)
Design and Implementation of a Hybrid Face Recognition Technique
Asim Chaudhry, Heba Elgazzar.
IEEE CCWC 2019, (2019)
Efficient Feature Selection for Intrusion Detection Systems
S. Sareh Ahmadi, Sherif Rashad, Heba Elgazzar.
IEEE, 1029-1034, (2019), 10.1109/uemcon47517.2019.8992960
Machine Learning Models for Activity Recognition and Authentication of Smartphone Users
S. Sareh Ahmadi, Sherif Rashad, Heba Elgazzar.
IEEE, 0561-0567, (2019), 10.1109/uemcon47517.2019.8993055
Network Science Algorithms for Mobile Networks
Heba Elgazzar, Adel Elmaghraby.
the IEEE SoutheastCon 2017, (2017)
Journal Article
Design and Implementation of The Morehead-Azalea Compiler (MAC)
Dalton Hensley, Heba Elgazzar.
Computer Science & Engineering: An International Journal (CSEIJ), Vol. 15 (No. February 2025), 315- 328, (2025), https://doi.org/10.5121/cseij.2025.15133
Evolutionary Clustering and Community Detection Algorithms for Social Media Health Surveillance
Heba Elgazzar, Kyle Spurlock, Tanner Bogart.
Elsevier, Vol. 6, (2021)
Predicting the behavior of reinforced concrete columns confined by fiber reinforced polymers using data mining techniques
Sahar Y. Ghanem, Heba Elgazzar.
Springer Nature Applied Sciences, 3 (2), (2021), 10.1007/s42452-020-04136-5
Novel Machine Learning Algorithms for Centrality and Cliques Detection in YouTube Social Networks
Craigory Cappola, Heba Elgazzar.
Vol. 11, (2020)
Evolutionary Centrality and Maximal Cliques in Mobile Social Networks
Heba Elgazzar, Adel Elmaghraby.
(2018)
A Genetic Mixed-Integer Optimization of Neural Network Hyper-Parameters
Kyle Spurlock, Heba Elgazzar.
Springer, Vol. 78 (issue 12, Springer, April 2022), DOI: 10.1007/s11227-022-04475-7
Other
KCV GOAL (Growth, Opportunity, and Learning) Grant, PI Funded
Heba Elgazzar.
(2024)
SamrtVisualAssist: An Innovative Emotion Detection System for Visually Impaired People using Deep Neural Networks” Grant, PI Funded
Heba Elgazzar.
(2024)
Cybersecurity Workforce Innovation, National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity via University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc., PI of record at MSU Funded
Heba Elgazzar.
(2023)
QEP Level-UP Sustainability Grant, PI, Morehead State University Funded
Heba Elgazzar.
(2023)
Instructional Mini-Grant, PI, Morehead State University Funded
Heba Elgazzar.
(2021)
Design and Implementation of Network Science Algorithms for Social Networks”, Internal Research Grant, PI, Morehead State University Funded
Heba Elgazzar.
(2020)
Unity License Grant, Software licensing for 30 activations for Unity Pro 6.x, iOS Pro 6.x, Android Pro 6.x, PI, Awarded by Unity Technologies to use for learning, teaching, training, research and development that include game design and development Funded
Heba Elgazzar.
(2020)
Software
Evolutionary DBSCAN and Louvain Method for Dynamic Community Discovery in Health-Related Social Network Data
Heba Elgazzar, Kyle Spurlock, Tanner Bogart.
Code Ocean, (2021)
Presentations
A System for Real-Time Classification of Phishing Emails using Large Language Models (LLMs) with Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Heba Elgazzar.
2025 IEEE 16th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics, and Mobile Communication Conference (IEEE UEMCON 2025), Armonk, New York, October, 2025
Utilization of Large Language Model-based Embeddings for Recommendation Systems
Heba Elgazzar.
2025 IEEE 16th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics, and Mobile Communication Conference (IEEE UEMCON 2025), Armonk, New York, October, 2025
Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety at Intersections Using YOLOv8 Detection
Heba Elgazzar.
The 15th IEEE Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (IEEE UEMCON 2024), Yorktown Heights, New York, October, 2024
An Innovative Emotion Detection System for Visually Impaired People using Deep Neural Networks
Yori Patrick, Heba Elgazzar.
The 19th MSU Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship, Morehead, KY, April, 2024
Spiral: A New Novel Programming Language for Software Development
Dalton Hensley, Heba Elgazzar.
Posters at the Capitol, Frankfort, KY, March, 2024
Developing a new Programming Language
Dalton Hensley, Heba Elgazzar.
The 18th MSU Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship, Morehead, KY, April, 2023
Machine Learning Based Pedestrian Detection and Tracking for Autonomous Vehicles
Tyler Ward, Sherif Rashad, Heba Elgazzar.
The 18th MSU Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship, Morehead, KY, April, 2023
Classification of Road Objects Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Mann Patel, Heba Elgazzar.
The 18th MSU Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship,, Morehead, KY, April, 2023
Classification of Road Objects Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Mann Patel, Heba Elgazzar.
Posters at the Capitol, Frankfort, KY, March, 2023
Machine Learning Based Pedestrian Detection and Tracking for Autonomous Vehicles
Tyler Ward, Sherif Rashad, Heba Elgazzar.
The 13th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference, Online, March, 2023
Classification of Road Objects using Convolutional Neural Networks
Mann Patel, Heba Elgazzar.
The 13th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (IEEE CCWC 2023), Online, March, 2023
Predicting Cryptocurrency Price Change Direction from Supply-Side Factors via Machine Learning Methods
David Mayo, Heba Elgazzar.
The 12th IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT 2022), Online, June, 2022
Centrality and Clique Detection In Social Networks Using Machine Learning
Jacob VogelPohl, Heba Elgazzar.
The 17th MSU Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship, Morehead, KY, April, 2022
Classification of Stroke Victims Through Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms and Ensemble Learning
Dalton Hensley, Heba Elgazzar.
The 17th MSU Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship, Morehead, KY, April, 2022
Predicting Cryptocurrency Price Change Direction from Supply Side Factors Via Machine Learning Methods
David Mayo, Heba Elgazzar.
The 17th MSU Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship, Morehead, KY, April, 2022
Classification of Stroke Victims Through Ensemble Learning and an Exploration of Various Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms
Dalton Hensley, Heba Elgazzar.
The 20th Annual Posters-at-the-Capitol, Frankfort, KY, March, 2022
Classification of Stroke Victims through Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms and Ensemble Learning
Dalton Hensley, Heba Elgazzar.
The 2022 IEEE 12th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference, Online, January, 2022
Emotion Recognition using Brainwave Datasets
Bethlehem Seid, Heba Elgazzar.
The 16th MSU Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship, Morehead, KY, April, 2021
Predicting Covid 19 Infection Groups using Social Networks and Machine Learning Algorithms
Kyle Spurlock, Heba Elgazzar.
The 16th MSU Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship, Morehead, KY, April, 2021
Predicting COVID-19 Infection Groups using Social Networks and Machine Learning Algorithms
Kyle Spurlock, Heba Elgazzar.
The 2020 11th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference, Online, October, 2020
Stock Market Prediction using Text-based Machine Learning
Tristan Jordan, Heba Elgazzar.
The 2020 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference (IEEE IEMTRONICS), Online, September, 2020
Content-Based Image Retrieval using Deep Learning
Tristan Jordan, Heba Elgazzar.
The 19th International Conference on Information & Knowledge Engineering (IKE'20), Las Vegas, NV, July, 2020
Activity Recognition for Elderly using Machine Learning Algorithms
Heba Elgazzar.
The 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI'20), Las Vegas, NV, July, 2020
Prediction of FRP-RC Columns Behavior using Data Mining Techniques
Sahar Ghanem, Heba Elgazzar.
EMI/PMC 2020, Online, May, 2020
Novel Machine Learning Algorithms for Centrality and Clique Detection in Social Networks
Craigory Coppola, Heba Elgazzar.
Posters-at-the-Capitol, Frankfort, KY, March, 2020